The Real Problem with Parsers

[Sidra]

Better overall game experience is still questionable with parser's existence.

I use, and I find my overall gameplay much experience better, as many do. Can you find anyone who uses a parser that says their gameplay experience is worse? Not sure this point is even debatable.

Plus, if someone didn't find it better, I am sure they could just close the window so they can't see it. That way, they could ignore the data they don't want to see, without hindering on everyone else's benefit.

[AriaEnia]

Can you find anyone who uses a parser that says their gameplay experience is worse? Not sure this point is even debatable.

Pretty much some parser people I see in DF and Alex, they were whining to other people whose dps numbers don't satisfy them, usually healers were being trashed for not dpsing a bit. Not really fun to watch, or read.
It's ruining my gameplay experience.

[Aiselia]

Can you find anyone who uses a parser that says their gameplay experience is worse?

So you're asking if we can find people who are intentionally making their experience worse by going out of their way to download and run something which is making their experience worse?

That's a rather silly question, no?

That's like asking if we can find anyone that eats bacon daily that thinks their day is ruined whenever they eat bacon. If someone feels their game experience is ruined if they use a parser, the logical thing to do would be to not use the parser.

Could we find people who used a parser and stopped using it? Probably. Personally I feel that having a parser not only wouldn't improve my experience, but would probably make it worse because I'd feel more judgmental about myself even if I'm doing fine. And being able to see everyone all the time? Meh. It's easier to ignore that the DPS are doing less damage than me as a tank if I don't see it live. Not everybody likes to min/max and push themselves to the limit. That's why savage raiding is the minority scene.